Tewfik Allal
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Tewfik Allal was born on October 11, 1947, in Oujda
Oujda
Oujda is a city in eastern Morocco with an estimated population of 1 million. The city is located about 15 kilometers west of Algeria and about 60 kilometers south of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the Oriental Region of Morocco and the birthplace of the current Algerian president,...
in Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
. He is a writer and a prominent political figure. He is the president of the association Manifeste des libertés. It took a clear stance on the Denmark cartoon issue, defending freedom of expression.